History Manga / ShiawaseTorimingu

* ShoutOut: When Suzu uses her field guide to narrow down what kind of bird she spotted, she imagines herself as a contestant on ''Series/WhoWantsToBeAMillionaire'' using her 50:50.

* {{Iyashikei}}: It's a pastoral Yonkoma that treats birdwatching the same way ''Manga/LaidbackCamp'' treats camping.

* BigWhat: In Chapter 2, this Tsubasa's reaction when she learns of Suzu's painting... but it turns out it's because she likes the kingfisher Suzu painted.
* BilingualBonus: In chapter 1, Tsubasa says she's watching sparrows, which are pronounced "Suzume" in Japanese. Suzu points to herself, as if to say "Me?"

Ditzy art student Suzu Miyauchi is stuck in a rut. Although she's technically talented at her craft, her work is under fire for "lacking color". It's missing that unique and original touch that makes it ''hers''. While visiting the park for inspiration, she crosses paths with uptight birdwatching otaku Tsubasa Tokiniwa. Tsubasa, who moonlights as the bird-costumed host of a Website/{{Youtube}} series about birds named Tori-san, opens Suzu's eyes to the world of birdwatching. There, Suzu finally feels her creative juices flowing and finds the artistic spark she's been looking for. Together with Ayame (Suzu's friend[=/=]classmate) and Hina (Tsubasa's friend[=/=]classmate) and an aloof nature photographer named Misaki, they set out to appreciate and document the beauty found in the forests and skies of Japan.

* {{Hypocrite}}: The main characters are all avid birdwatchers and avian ''otaku'' ... who regularly hang out at a ''yakitori'' (i.e. grilled chicken) place. An interviewer for ''BIRDER'' magazine actually called Kinako Warabimochi out on this, and Warabimochi laughed it off as "gap moe".

* LocalHangout: A significant part of the series happens in an unnamed yakitori restaurant where Suzu, Ayame, Tsubasa and Hina frequents. Misaki also works there as a waitress.

* OddShapedPanel: Although it's a Yonkoma, it's not particularly beholden to the format. It frequently breaks the 4-panel format for artistic effect, especially when Suzu (an artist herself) sees a bird that inspires her. In an interview, Warabimochi revealed they actually went to college for filmmaking, and even though they 'fell into' doing manga and find the 4-''koma'' format constraining at times, they enjoy bending the rules and getting as cinematic as possible.

* PostStressOvereating: Suzu is introduced surrounded by five separate ''stacks'' of empty plates while she laments her artwork's chilly reception. Slightly downplayed since those are small dishes served in an izakaya, but it's still a lot of food.

* ShyBlueHairedGirl: Tsubasa is a {{downplayed|trope}} example; she is clearly introverted, uncomfortable with meeting people she doesn't know, and explicitly states she doesn't like being in the center of attention. However, she's never shown to be withdrawn or avoiding social interactions in general (aside from being adamant about keeping the identity of Tori-san a secret).

** Tsubasa is an uptight bird otaku who is a wealth of facts and memorized info about birds, whereas Suzu is an enthusiastic amateur who knows nothing about birds yet constantly seeks out the emotional awe and wonder they evoke.

* EmbarrassingHobby: Tsubasa is absolutely adamant nobody (besides Hina) find out she dons a costume and films Website/{{Youtube}} videos about birds under the guise of Tori-san. Unfortunately, she can't quite shake her character's verbal tic of spouting "-ppi!" at the end of sentences. When she was in middle school, she considered her entire birdwatching hobby as this, mainly because people often see birdwatching as an old person's hobby.

* ImplausibleHairColor: Tsubasa's blue hair isn't a stylized tone of black--her character bios before Chapter 14 states her dark blue hair is a special feature of hers.

** "Hina" means "hatchling".

* NaughtyBirdwatching: {{Subverted|trope}} in Chapter 1. While in a park, Suzu noticed a girl who is [[PervertedDrooling drooling]] and moaning "Suzu" while spying at her direction with a pair of binoculars, and ''thoguht'' the other girl is engaging in this trope. It turns out that the Tsubasa, the other girl, is a birdwatching ''otaku'', and she was actually watching Suzu-''me'' (sparrows).
* OddShapedPanel: Although it's a Yonkoma, it's not particularly beholden to the format. It frequently breaks the 4-panel format for artistic effect, especially when Suzu (an artist herself) sees a bird that inspires her.

* PaintingTheMedium: When Suzu discovers Misaki is a Tori-san fan, the {{yonkoma}} frame turns into stems and flowers to emphasize her joy.

* AlwaysInClassOne: {{Averted|trope}}. Unlike most ''Kirara'' "girls do activity" manga, the girls don't even attend the same ''school'', let alone the same class. Suzu and Ayame attend an art college while Tsubasa and Hina attend a regular university.[[note]]Given that the author quite clearly set the story in Yamagata City, Suzu and Tsubasa are definitively studying different majors--the real-life counterpart of Suzu's university has been the only one to offer majors in art since it opened in 1991.[[/note]]

* AlwaysInClassOne: {{Averted|trope}}. Unlike most ''Kirara'' "girls do activity" manga, the girls don't even attend the same ''school'', let alone the same class. Suzu and Ayame attend an art college while Tsubasa and Hina attend a regular university.[[note]]Given the author quite clearly sets the story in Yamagata City, Suzu and Tsubasa are definitively studying in different majors--Suzu's university is based on the one that has always been the sole provider of art major in the Yamagata Prefecture since it opens in 1991.[[/note]]

* AlwaysInClassOne: {{Averted|trope}}. Unlike most ''Kirara'' "girls do activity" manga, the girls don't even attend the same ''school'', let alone the same class. Suzu and Ayame attend an art college while Tsubasa and Hina attend a regular university.[[note]]Given the author quite clear sets the story in Yamagata City, Suzu and Tsubasa are definitively studying in different majors--Suzu's university is based on the one that has always been the sole provider of a arts major since it opens in 1991.[[/note]]

* AlwaysInClassOne: {{Averted|trope}}. Unlike most ''Kirara'' "girls do activity" manga, the girls don't even attend the same ''school'', let alone the same class. Suzu and Ayame attend an art college while Tsubasa and Hina attend a regular university.

* ShyBlueHairedGirl: Tsubasa is a {{downplayed|trope}} example; she is clearly introverted, uncomfortable with meeting people she doesn't know, and clearly states she doesn't like being in the center of attention. However, she's never shown to be withdrawn or avoiding social interactions in general (aside from being adamant about keeping the identity of Tori-san a secret).

* SecretlyWealthy: Hina is filthy rich, since she's the heiress to a successful local fruit snack company, but she generally lives on the same modest social level as her friends and fellow college students Tsubasa and Suzu. Suzu only finds out she's rich when Hina buys 100,000-yen binoculars on a whim. Suzu blew all her money on a 30,000-yen pair and is now starving, but fortunately Hina is generous enough to throw a picnic using her family's products.

* PerverseSexualLust: Played for laughs. When Suzu angsts about how she's too forgettable, Tsubasa says she just didn't notice Suzu because she was focusing on the cute sparrows. She then goes into uncomfortably graphic detail about what she finds cute, causing Suzu to say that's even worse. A few pages later, Tsubasa turns the tables when Suzu swoons over the idea of having an "eternal lover" as cute as a bird, and po-faced Tsubasa says she'll report her for it.

* EmbarrassingHobby: Tsubasa is absolutely adamant nobody (besides Hina) find out she dons a costume and films Website/{{Youtube}} videos about birds under the guise of Tori-san. Unfortunately, she can't quite shake her character's verbal tic of spouting "-ppi!" at the end of sentences.

* FictionalCounterpart: Michinoku University of the Arts, the university Suzu and Ayama go to, is based on [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tohoku_University_of_Art_and_Design Tohoku University of Art and Design]] in Yamagata City. "Michinoku" is a way of calling the Tohoku region[[note]]the historic Mutsu Province to be exact, which did ''not'' cover modern Yamagata Prefecture at all[[/note]], and the artist doesn't even disguise [[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tuad_ph.jpg TUAD's distinctive main building]].

* HaveAGayOldTime: The manga uses an authentic birdwatching term from the early 1900s to describe the "posture" and "attitude" of a bird. Unfortunately, said word just so happens to be ''jizz''.

* PaintingTheMedium: When Suzu discovers Misaki is a Tori-san fan, the yonkoma frame turns into stems and flowers to emphasize her joy.